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ELI 5 Arkansas no books for inmates thing? Does this mean no one can donate books or anything? How does this work? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] coalie@piefed.zip 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

according to this: they are not allowed to receive books and other media directly, due to contraband concerns.

Donations of books by nonprofit groups or local libraries to prison libraries will still be allowed under the new policy, according to Department of Corrections spokesperson Rand Champion. The new policy only restricts how books are brought into the prisons, without banning physical media outright.

[โ€“] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

"Department of Corrections" totally has those "Ministry of Love" vibes